Our teacher,Miss Chua,is nearing retirement.However, she still commands our great 1for being an excellent teacher. 
She has short hair that is gradually 2 white,an indication that age is creeping on her.The wrinkles (皱纹) that line her face3of years of hard work and selfless devotion to her students.She wears a pair of glasses through which her kind eyes are always 4fixed upon us with affection and consideration.She looks
splendid in her 5clothes which she will not throw away for something more6,reflecting a thrifty (节俭的) nature.Through her,we have learned to be more careful with7.Not only that,she has also taught us the8of filial duty (孝道) by setting us a good9of looking after her eighty-five years old mother.
All her life,she has never 10her duty towards her family and her students.For much
of her life,she has been working hard,displaying a11of discipline and an attitude of industry which she is presently12to fix in our mind. As her parents could not afford to13her to university,she saved hard and managed to graduate14a degree from a British university.This is an inspiration to us—that absolute15leads to ual fulfillment of dreams.
Miss Chua is totally committed to the16of her students.Armed with a keen insight into the teaching process,she never fails to17our minds and most important,her gift to us has been the development of a good18of English. The day when Miss Chua19school and retires,I will send her a thousand flowers with the message “You’ve20us well.” I will never forget her.She has made a great impact on my life and on my English.
1. A.support B.attention C.respect D.view
2. A.changing B.turning C.appearing D.showing
3. A.tell B.speak C.talk D.think
4. A.sharply B.suddenly C.generally D.gently
5. A.matching B.expensiveC.dry D.new
6. A.valuable B.fashionableC.comfortable D.available
7. A.friends B.studies C.time D.money
8. A.virtue B.lesson C.method D.technique
9. A.goal B.example C.pattern D.standard
10. A.performed B.done C.ignored D.had
11. A.process B.need C.series D.sense
12. A.trying B.willing C.learning D.getting
13.A.send B.accompanyC.take D.bring
14.A.upon B.to C.for D.with
15. A.development B.determinationC.decoration D.distinction
16. A.talent B.success C.experience D.entertainment
17.A.charge B.concentrateC.challenge D.change
18.A.appreciation B.writing C.command D.skill
19. A.leaves B.enters C.quits D.attends
20. A.protected B.showed C.guarded D.guided